Shoe drier



Get. 15, 1929.

w. c. SCHRENKEISEN SHOE DRIER Filed Aug. 6. 1928 Java-#2571- m m qr Q; aW I vlllil Patented Oct. 15, 1929 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WILLIAM C.SGHRENKEISEN, OF MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR T HILL LAUNDRYEQUIPMENT 00., INC; OF LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK, A CORPORA- TION OFNEW YORK SHOE DRIER Application filed August 6, 1928. Serial No.297,662.

This invention relates to a device for drying shoes.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a simple andconvenient means for supporting wet shoes and supplying them with acurrent of hot air inside for the purpose of drying them. It is to beused chiefly in golf clubs and quarters where the players come in withtheir shoes wet and they'have m to be dried artificially to keep them inshape,

but it is capable of general use for this purpose and for drying otherhollow articles.

Other objects of the invention are to pro vide a construction for theabove mentioned purposes in which the shoes are held supported at anangle with the toe uppermost and the heat is introduced into the shoesthrough the supporting means so that the current of heated air will passupwardly into the toe and back downwardly and out through the top of theshoe that is located below at this time; to provide a casing forsupporting the individual shoe driers which constitutes the means forreceiving the heat from a heating duct and directing it efficient- 1yinto the interior of the individual supports, and to provideimprovements in the general combination and arrangement of the parts foraccomplishing the above 0b- 'ects.

1 Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 isa side elevation of a shoe drier constructed in accordance with thisinven tion, partly in section;

Fig. 2 is an end view of the same;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on enlarged scale on the-line 33 of Fig. 1; i

Fig. 4 is a plan of one of the shoe supports, and

Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the support through the center of thepipe.

I have shown the invention in a form in which the frame consists of apair of end legs having lugs supporting shelves 11 extending acrossunder them, on which the wet or dried shoes can be supported, andprovided with a top 12 secured to the lugs. On this to is supported acasing 13 which extends substantially throughout the length of the frameand is provided with a duct 14 located therein and provided with anelectric heating unit 15.

At the end, on the top 12, is supported a blower 16, the outlet of whichis connected with the inlet of the duct 14. This duct is of considerableless height than the casing 13 and extends preferably more than half wayalong it horizontally and is mounted on. a plate 17 riveted to thebottom of the easing13. On account of this construction, the currents ofair coming into the duct 14 are heated and flow out at the open end ofthe duct and will then be deflected back as indi cated by the arrows inFig. 1, along the whole length of the casing 13 at its top.

This casing is provided with a plurality of perforations down into whichfrom the top extend pipes or conduits 20. Each one is fastened to thecasing 13 by a nut 21 or the like. I have provided these conduits of twoelevations and alternating in position as indicated in Fig. 1 so thatthe shoes may be. placed on it conveniently and more shoes can beaccommodated in a given length than would be the case if these were allthe same height. Except for their height they are all the same.

Each conduit is provided with a pair of arms 22 and 23 extendingforwardly and backtherefrom which may be formed integrally with theconduit 20 These are each provided with a rest 24 at the end, theserests both being alike and being of an arc shape and raised from thearms 22 and 23.

In this Way the shoe, as shown in Fig. 5, rests on the raised portionsof the arc-shaped supports 24, thus allowing for circulation of the airthrough all parts of the shoe and not preventing any part of the insideof the shoe from circulation of air around it.

The air is discharged up the conduits 20. The arm 22 extends higher thanthe arm 23 andthe toe part of the shoe is supported by the former,therefore the shoe is located at an incline. The airpasses upwardly whenit comes in fresh and directly into contact with the part of the sole atthe instep poif.

tion, then up to the toe portion, where it neoessarlly 1S forced'backaga n, and comes down around the inside of the shoe in a course whichenables it to extract moisture from the heel portion on the way out.

This constitutes an cflicient means for drying shoes for the generalpurpose above mentioned and is capable of use with high and low shoes,rubbers, and in fact other hollow articles. The shoes are kept in shapewhile they are being dried and the direction of the currents of air intothe toe parts of the shoes is assured. The heating unit of the duct andblower are both controlled by one switch,

preferably, so that both are turned off or on at the same time.

Although I have illustrated and described only a single form of theinvention I am' aware of the fact that modifications can be made thereinby any person skilled in the art without departing from the scope of theinven tion as expressed in the claims. v

Therefore, I do not wish to be limited to all the details ofconstruction herein shown and described, but what I do claim is 1. In adrier, the combination of a series of holders for hollow articles, eachholder comprising a hollow conduit open at the top and bottom, a casingon which said conduits are mounted, a duct in the casing extending alongit, means for blowing the air through the duct and out its open end intothe casing and thereby forcing it through said conduits and means forheating the air in said duct.

2. In va shoe drier, the combination of a series of holders for shoes,each holder com prising a hollow conduit open at the top and bottom, acasing in the top of which said conduits are mounted, the conduits beingarranged in two series, tall and short, alternating, said casing beingarranged horizontally and the conduits vertically, a duct in the bottomof the casing extending along it, a blower connected with the duct forblowing the air through the duct and out its open end into the casingand thereby forcing it up through said conduits, and means for heatingthe air in said duct.

8. In adrier, the combination with'a casing forming a duct along thebottom thereof, said duct extending from one end of the casing to apoint near the center thereof and being open at its inner end, a blowerfor blowing air into the duct at the opposite end, a heating unit forthe duct, whereby the blower will blow the hot air out of the end of theduct into the casing toward the extreme end thereof and then back againalong the top, and a sores of hollow conduits mounted on said casingextending up from the top thereof to deliver the heated air into thearticles carried by said conduits.

4;. In a shoe drier, the combination with a horizontal casing forming ahorizontal duct along the bottom thereof, said duct extending from oneend of the casing to a ports mounted on said casingand comprising hollowtubes extending up from the top thereof to deliver the heated air intothe shoes carried by them, said supports being arranged to support theshoes on a slant with their toes higher than the heels.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature.

WILLIAM C. SCHRENKEISEN.

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